Teacher Learning And Development: The Mirror Maze (self Study Of Teaching And Teacher Education Practices)

TEACHER LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT Self Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices Volume 3. Series Editor John Loughran, Monash University, Clayton, Australia Advisory Board Mary Lynn Hamilton, University of Kansas, USA Ruth Kane, Massey University, New Zealand Geert Kelchtermans, University of Leuven, Belgium Fred Korthagen, IVLOS Institute of Education, The Netherlands Tom Russell, Queen’s University, Canada 1. G. Hoban (ed.): The Missing Links in Teacher Education Design. Developing a Multi-linked Conceptual Framework. 2005 ISBN: 1-4020-3338-9 2. C. Kosnik, C. Beck, A.R. Freese and A.P. Samaras (eds.): Making a Difference in Teacher Education Through Self-Study. Studies of Personal, Professional and Program Renewal. 2006 ISBN: 1-4020-3527-6 3. P. Aubusson and S. Schuck (eds.): Teacher Learning and Development. The Mirror Maze. 2006/2008 ISBN: 978-1-4020-4622-3 (HB); 978-1-4020-4623-0 (PB) TEACHER LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT The Mirror Maze Edited by Peter Aubusson University of Technology, Sydney, Lindfield, Australia and Sandy Schuck University of Technology, Sydney, Lindfield, Australia Editors Peter Aubusson University of Technology Sydney, Lindfield Australia Sandy Schuck University of Technology Sydney, Lindfield Australia ISBN: 978-1-4020-4623-0 e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-4642-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008930176 c 2008 Springer Science + Business Media B.V.  No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper. 987654321 springer.com Contents Acknowledgements Series Editor’s Foreword List of Contributors vii ix xi Researching and Learning from our Practices Peter Aubusson and Sandy Schuck 1 PART I. Learning with Others: Sharing the Journey 13 1. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Laurie Brady 15 2. Exploring Unanticipated Pathways Kimberley Pressick-Kilborn, Janette Griffin, and Leigh Weiss 33 3. Working with Gandalf Leonie Seaton and Sandy Schuck 53 4. Sharing My Teaching Journal with My Students Deborah J. Trumbull 67 5. Educational Partnerships and the Challenge of Educational Reform Tom Russell 83 PART II. Dilemmas and Challenges: Finding a Way Through 97 6. Columbus and Crew Peter Aubusson 99 7. Different Traditions and Practices Jennifer Stephenson 117 8. Splashing in Puddles? John Buchanan 131 v vi CONTENTS 9. Learning about Learning and Teaching Janette Griffin 10. Challenges, Dilemmas, and Future Directions in Teaching about Teaching John Loughran PART III. Processes of Self-study of Teacher Education Practice: Ways of Seeing Ourselves 145 163 177 11. My Professional Self Susan Groundwater-Smith 179 12. Self-study, Teacher-Researcher, and Action Research Peter Aubusson and Robyn Gregson 195 13. Evaluating and Enhancing My Teaching Sandy Schuck 209 14. I Wrote a Novel About My Teaching Life – So What? Peter de Vries 221 15. Using Diagrams as Reflective Tools to Represent the Dynamics of Classroom Interactions Garry Hoban and Gwyn Brickell 237 16. The Fragile Strengths of Self-Study Vicki Kubler LaBoskey 251 Subject Index 263 Name Index 269